EKITI SUMMIT MAGAZINE NAMES AARE AFE BABALOLA PERSON OF THE YEAR 2024
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EKITI SUMMIT MAGAZINE NAMES AARE AFE BABALOLA PERSON OF THE YEAR 2024
Other notable Nigerians to be honoured are Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, Chief Arowolo, Yeyelua Ijero, Erelu Mary Wellington,Eze Goodluck Obi
The Publisher/CEO of Ekiti Summit News Media, Mr. Femi Alufa has congratulated Aare Emmanuel Afe Babalola,SAN, OFR, CON, iconic lawyer, philanthropist , educationist and the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) on his emergence as the Ekiti Summit Person of the Year 2024.
Femi Alufa also congratulated the ABUAD founder on the Ivory tower performance at the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings as the No.1 among all the 264 Federal,State, and Private universities in Nigeria for three consecutive years; 2022,2023 and 2024,
ABUAD is also the No1 in the World in in SDG 7,
No.1 in the World in Outreach with a score of 98%,
No.1 in the World in Stewardship with a score of 98.2% ,
No.4 in Africa,and No.142 amongst the 2,152 universities ranked globally in 2024.
The media house in a notification letter by the publisher released to the ABUAD founder said we were extremely happy to the Aare Bamofin of Yorubaland who is the Living Legend of the Year 2024 in Ondo City and his Induction into the Ondo City Hall of Fame by the Ondo Development Committee and the monarch,Osemawe of Ondo Kingdom.
“Ekiti Summit News Media Person of the Year Award is a merit and value-based Award; a rigorous, screening process to recognize and celebrate the eminent personalities that make our lives sublime as a people in Ekiti State of Nigeria.
We weighed the findings and ranked the tally to give us the order of the honour list. The aim of the Award is to serve as an inspiration model to motivate, stimulate and encourage the youths and adults alike to achieve good success in their career and calling through emulating and giving applause to inspiring true life stories that sublime us in our quest to build a wholesome society upon which the pristine values of Ekiti people can be rekindled in our generation.”
” Aare Afe Babalola’s reputation and profile of honour and lifetime achievements as a lawyer, statesman, and philanthropist remains a source of inspiration to us”.Femi Alufa added.
In a similar development, the Leader of the Senate,Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, CON is named the Political Leader ( politician) of the Year,
Royal Icon of the Year is the United Nations Ambassador and Ofor 1 of Ubulu Ihejiofor Ancient Kingdom in Imo State,
HRM Eze( Dr )Goodluck Obi,The Award of the
Community Leader of the Year is given to
Chief Mrs Mary Yemisi Ayilola ,
The Yeyelua of Ijero -Ekiti while the
Philanthropist of the Year is
Chief David Sesan Arowolo Senatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party)SDP) in Ekiti Central 2023 Election .
The Woman of Substance of the Year is
Erelu Mary Wellington ,
The Iyalaje Ira of Mobaland.
The Award ceremony is slated for January 2025.
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